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rama continues to thrive at St Peter’s and we have enjoyed spectacular performances this year across the school. Although drama lessons moved online for the summer term, pupils and teachers were determined that the show must go on, performing for friends and family at home. National Shakespeare Schools Festival Pupils from St Peter’s 8-13 and St Peter’s 13-18 performed in the 2019 National Shakespeare Schools Festival at Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York. The National Shakespeare Schools Festival is the world’s largest youth drama festival led by The Shakespeare Schools Foundation. The festival helps inspire the pupils and gets them excited about theatre. Pupils at St Peter’s 13-18 performed Hamlet in October whilst St Peter’s 8-13 performed Macbeth in November. The pupils were fully involved at every level of both productions, with cast and crew working together with great professionalism. Technical teams coordinated the sound and lighting for the shows and pupils were also involved in costume design and helped backstage. There was a lot of hard work involved in both productions, with rehearsals after school and on Saturdays, and the final performances were exceptional. Well done to everyone involved.
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